diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index 4c691ef4f45..4865c8bcc71 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		--without-selinux --without-cvs --without-gd \
 		--disable-lock-elision --enable-obsolete-nsl \
 		--enable-stack-protector=strong \
+		--disable-werror \
 		libc_cv_rootsbindir=/usr/bin \
 		libc_cv_rtlddir=${_libdir} libc_cv_slibdir=${_libdir}
 }